A 250 YEAR HISTORY: CVM shares the story of the United States' independence

This Saturday will mark 250 years since the United States’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The document would officially declare the United States of ...

The 250th birthday of the United States arrives at a time of great change and contention

At 50-year intervals, the U.S. has marked the Declaration of Independence at important junctures in the country’s history ...

Maine commemorating United States’ 250th anniversary through a diversity of perspectives

Planting Wabanaki-cultivated corn, beans and squash on the campus of the Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and Environment ...
Maui Now

On 250th anniversary of United States, Native Hawaiians remember struggle to keep their own history alive

For Sai-Dudoit, the day in 1843 that Great Britain and France signed an official proclamation recognizing the sovereignty of ...

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...
Marketplace

A timeline: 250 years of the U.S. economy

As we prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we are taking a look back at some of the defining moments ...

Resilience at 250: The truth of Native Americans past and present

It is a story of freedom and sacrifice, but it is also a story that begins with the occupation of lands inhabited by Native ...

15 remarkable American places that are older than the United States

A tavern, an inn, ceremonial mounds. These remarkable American places date back to before 1776.